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adjective
Geology
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1.
(of an
igneous
rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
2.
noting any of various minor intrusions, as dikes and sills, that have crystallized under conditions intermediate between plutonic and extrusive.
Origin:
1890–95;
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abyssal
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hypabyssal
(ˌhɪpəˈbɪs
ə
l)
—
adj
(of igneous rocks) derived from magma that has solidified at shallow depth in the form of dykes, sills, etc
[C19: from
hyp-
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-abyssal
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